Keli Lane wanted Anglo-Saxons to adopt baby

A Sydney court has heard a woman accused of murdering her newborn baby wanted another child adopted out to Anglo-Saxon parents.

The Crown case is that champion water polo player Keli Lane, 35, murdered her second-born child Tegan within hours of leaving hospital in 1996 because of her Olympic ambitions.

The prosecutor has told court Lane kept five pregnancies secret from her family and friends.

A former adoption agency employee, Sheila Townsend, has told the jury when Lane adopted out her first-born child she made notes in her file that read "wants to pursue water polo" and "missed out on national selection last year because of another pregnancy".

Ms Townsend said Lane asked if her first-born baby could go to Anglo-Saxon parents who were "active".

The Crown witness said Lane indicated the baby's father was a football player who did not turn up to sign consent papers because he was working overseas.

The court also heard authorities were unable to contact the child's natural father through phone numbers Lane had given them.